Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

SECTION E: THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR GROUPSSub-areaTable 13.7 Support needs households and sub-areaSupportneedsSupport needs householdsNo supportneedsNumber ofh’holds% of totalh’holds withsupportneeds% of thosewith asupportneedNorth West 5,133 18,945 24,078 21.3% 39.6%North 2,559 15,101 17,660 14.5% 19.7%Central Strip 2,767 31,033 33,800 8.2% 21.3%South Central 373 18,082 18,455 2.0% 2.9%South 2,139 16,263 18,402 11.6% 16.5%TOTAL 12,971 99,424 112,395 11.5% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table below indicates that support needs households are more likely to be living in unsuitablehousing than non-support needs households. Some 13.9% of all support needs households are livingin unsuitable housing, which compares with 10.2% of all households and 9.7% of all non-supportneeds households.Support needsTable 13.8 Support needs households and unsuitable housingIn unsuitablehousingNot inunsuitablehousingUnsuitable housingNumber ofh’holds% of totalh’holds inunsuitablehousing% of those inunsuitablehousingSupport needs 1,804 11,168 12,972 13.9% 15.7%No support needs 9,662 89,762 99,424 9.7% 84.3%TOTAL 11,466 100,930 112,396 10.2% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 200613.5 Requirements of support needs householdsThose households with a member with support needs were asked to indicate if there was a need forimprovements to their current accommodation and/or services. The responses are detailed in thefigure below.PAGE 123